Man not wearing seat belt arrested after running from officer

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 1:33 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 1:39 p.m.

OCALA - A man tussled with a sheriff’s deputy Monday after the official stopped him for not wearing his seat belt.

Deputy Jesse Terrell noticed a man - later identified as Anthony Dean - driving a 1998 white four-door car in the 2200 block of Northeast 35th Street without wearing his seat belt. Terrell stopped the car and asked for Dean’s identification. The 22-year-old said he did not have an ID or driver’s license.

While patting down Dean, the deputy found an ID in his back pocket.

When Terrell asked Dean to sit in the back of the patrol car, the man ran away. Terrell gave chase and caught him, and they struggled before Dean was arrested.

The deputy discovered Dean has an arrest warrant for violation of probation for aggravated assault with a weapon/violent tendencies and a failure to pay traffic fines and court costs.

Terrell went to the car’s front seat passenger, Selena Callaway, and asked her if she knew Dean did not have a valid driver’s license.

She told the official he did not and, when asked why she allowed him to drive, told the official "because he [expletive] wants to."

Callaway, the deputy found, had an active probation for two counts of battery on a law enforcement officials.

Dean was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence, resisting without violence and driving while license is suspended or revoked.

Callaway was charged with allowing an unauthorized person to drive a motor vehicle.

<p>OCALA - A man tussled with a sheriff's deputy Monday after the official stopped him for not wearing his seat belt.</p><p>Deputy Jesse Terrell noticed a man - later identified as Anthony Dean - driving a 1998 white four-door car in the 2200 block of Northeast 35th Street without wearing his seat belt. Terrell stopped the car and asked for Dean's identification. The 22-year-old said he did not have an ID or driver's license.</p><p>While patting down Dean, the deputy found an ID in his back pocket.</p><p>When Terrell asked Dean to sit in the back of the patrol car, the man ran away. Terrell gave chase and caught him, and they struggled before Dean was arrested.</p><p>The deputy discovered Dean has an arrest warrant for violation of probation for aggravated assault with a weapon/violent tendencies and a failure to pay traffic fines and court costs.</p><p>Terrell went to the car's front seat passenger, Selena Callaway, and asked her if she knew Dean did not have a valid driver's license.</p><p>She told the official he did not and, when asked why she allowed him to drive, told the official "because he [expletive] wants to."</p><p>Callaway, the deputy found, had an active probation for two counts of battery on a law enforcement officials.</p><p>Dean was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence, resisting without violence and driving while license is suspended or revoked.</p><p>Callaway was charged with allowing an unauthorized person to drive a motor vehicle.</p>